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Thursday, October 8, 2026
Database Statistics
  Men Women Total
Players: 14083 10999 25082
Tournaments: 2298 1866 4164
 
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Andrea Anastasi 66
Anja Duyck 58
Katy Eldridge 55
Jason Harris 54
Hannes Uys 54
Sinisa Momic 53
Jacqueline McCall 51
Thea Chaplin 51
Rick Hopf 50
Kerstin Hegner 50
Austris Stals 49
Noe De Mena Ramos 48
Hui Min Chang 47
Nicole Gaksch 47
Ward Coucke 45
Joe Ortinau 44
Raquel Ferreira 44
Damir Sabec 43
Silvia Fanella 43
Katherine Kramer 42
Josh Chisholm 42
Lilian Ribeiro 41
Natali Flaviani 41
Shari Matthews 41
Igor Vengerovsky 40
Katie Arvidson 40
Jordan Gibson 40
Fanny Lindstrom 38
Kirill Borichev 37
Maxwell Ransom 37
Lasse Frohlich 36
Juliette Mol 36
Joseph Smalzer 36
Jiri Kapralek 34
Uladzislau Haladukhin 33
Luke McDonald 31
Elphas Makuto 29
Madison Fitzpatrick 28
Jenny Gaviola 28
Jasmine Milton 27
Dicale Silva Portal 27
Viacheslav Huryn 27
Danang Herlambang 26
Fabrice Bassoko 26
Tessa Hassenstein 24
Meeka Johnson 20
Abi Koni 18
Luisa Ianegitz 16
 
Today In
Beach Volleyball History
In 1994
Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes won the AVP Jose Cuervo Gold Crown Kauai.  It was the 100th win for Karch Kiraly, the 71st win for Kent Steffes, and the 59th win for the team.
In 1995
Holly McPeak and Nancy Reno won the FIVB Australian Open.  It was the 30th win for Holly McPeak, the 27th win for Nancy Reno, and the 15th win for the team.
In 2000
Barbra Fontana won the AVP Paul Mitchell Queen of the Beach.  It was the 16th win for Barbra Fontana.
In 2000
Mike Whitmarsh won the AVP King of the Beach.  It was the 26th win for Mike Whitmarsh.
 
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10/7/2026
Mexico looks to build on beach volleyball legacy and bring the sport to more people
Mexico’s Sports Minister Rommel Pacheco welcomed to the Volleyball House to discuss future international events and opportunities to grow mass participation: Mexico’s ambition to build on its growing beach volleyball legacy and bring more people into the sport was at the heart of discussions during a visit by Mexico’s Sports Minister Rommel Pacheco to the Volleyball House in Lausanne.

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10/6/2026
Duos from Empowerment funded Qatar, China, Japan and Philippines make Asian Games podiums
Four of the six medals at the beach volleyball events of the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 were claimed by teams benefitting from FIVB Volleyball Empowerment support. Qatar’s Cherif Younousse & Ahmed Tijan triumphed in the men’s tournament, while Japan’s Kota Kurosawa & Taito Mizumachi finished in third place. China’s Yan Xu & Xia Xinyi and Philippines’ Khylem Harl Progella & Sofiah Shanine Pagara...

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2025 champions to defend Beach European Cup titles in Alanya
After completion of another three qualifying events contested this past weekend in Budapest, Chania, and Göteborg, the eight clubs in each gender due to compete at the CEV Beach Volley European Cup 2026 Final are now known. The event scheduled for November 5-8 in Alanya will gather clubs from across Europe as the competition introduced in 2023 continues to go from strength to strength...

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9/28/2026
Volleyball Empowerment teams dominate fifth stop of CAVB Zone VI Beach Volleyball Tour
Empowered pairs from Angola and Mozambique win five of six available medals as the 2026 CAVB Zone VI Beach Volleyball Tour concludes in Maputo. Teams supported by the FIVB Volleyball Empowerment Programme won five of the six available medals at the fifth and final stop of the 2026 CAVB Zone VI Beach Volleyball Tour held in Maputo, Mozambique from 23-25 September.

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Three #BeachEuropeanCup qualifiers completed as starting field for Alanya Final takes shape
Three events scheduled for the Preliminary Phase of the CEV Beach Volley European Cup 2026 were completed this past weekend in Italy, France, and Poland – with the local favourites making the home-sand advantage count to progress to the final stage of the competition scheduled for early November in Alanya, Türkiye.

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9/24/2026
Champions at Laguna
The Progressive AVP Laguna Open crowned two champions who never lost a match all weekend, and delivered the one final 2026 had promised and never produced. Maddie Anderson and Alaina Chacon won the women’s title from the #4 seed, beating the world #3 in Sunday’s final. And on the men’s side, the Crabb brothers finally met with a trophy on the line. Taylor won.

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9/23/2026
Empowered Pavelkovas triumph at World University Championships
Duos from FIVB Volleyball Empowerment supported Czechia medaled in beach volleyball at the FISU World University Championships Beach Sports in both genders. At the event that came to an end this week in Figueira da Foz, Portugal, twin sisters Katerina Pavelkova & Anna Pavelkova celebrated the gold medals, while their compatriots Jakub Sepka & Matyas Dzavoronok picked up the men’s silver.

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U18 EuroBeachVolley gold earned by Empowerment duos from Austria and Netherlands
Both gold medals and both silver medals at last week’s CEV U18 Beach Volleyball European Championships in Izmir, Turkiye went to teams benefiting from FIVB Volleyball Empowerment support. Paul Hohenauer & Martin Poinstingl of Austria and Jara Both & Matilda de Groot of the Netherlands triumphed as continental champions, while Adrien Bezu & Quentin Hypolyte of France and...

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